Speaking at the Imperial War Museum on 23rd September 2004, the famous playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist said Bush and Blair must be arraigned at the International Criminal Court of Justice and tried as war criminals.
The 75-year-old ailing playwright launched a fierce, scathing attack on the "systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless" crimes of the USA and "its own bleating little lamb tagging behind it on a lead, the pathetic and supine Great Britain" in his No
The acceptance speech by the winner of the Wilfred Owen prize for <a href=full.asp?fodname=20030424&fname=pinter&sid=1 target=_blank>poetry opposing the Iraq Conflict</a>on 18th March 2005
He is a playwright, director, actor, poet and a political activist, and he has spoken out against the 'war' most eloquently. Three recent poems...
I believe that not only is this contemplated act - of declaring war on Iraq - criminal, malevolent and barbaric, it also contains within itself a palpable joy in destruction.
There's an old story about Oliver Cromwell. After he had taken the town of Drogheda, the citizens were brought to the main square. Cromwell announced to his Lieutenants: 'Right! Kill all the women and rape all the men.'
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